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Which is fake?

EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
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I'm bored, let's play spot the fake. Winner gets absolutely nothing lol. Should be easy. I guess anything of value is couterfeited these days.

Card 1:

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Card 2:

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Card 3:

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  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭
    Card #1?
  • Yankees001Yankees001 Posts: 1,496 ✭
    #1
  • Yankees001Yankees001 Posts: 1,496 ✭
    When I read the Heading to the Thread, I was thinking something else.

    I like some fake things.

    Dave
  • FrancartFrancart Posts: 335 ✭✭✭
    #1
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    They've all got scanner distortion.

    Card 2 looks like it might be the fake.

    However, a quick once-over with a loupe would yield instant results.
    My Giants collection want list

    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
  • artistlostartistlost Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭
    My eyes are getting old but...I think they are all fakes.

    mathew
    baseball & hockey junkie

    drugs of choice
    NHL hall of fame rookies
  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    The middle one
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • OAKESY25OAKESY25 Posts: 4,726 ✭✭✭
    TOP ONE FOR SURE.. has the blueish tint and dot matrix on the white borders
  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,676 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #4 is definitely not real!!!
  • TonyCTonyC Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭
    #1

    Why would anyone go through the trouble of faking that?
    Collecting Tony Conigliaro
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>Why would anyone go through the trouble of faking that? >>



    This card was the target of counterfeiters 20 years ago, when it was worth some money.
    My Giants collection want list

    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
  • artistlostartistlost Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭


    << <i>#1

    Why would anyone go through the trouble of faking that? >>



    A PSA 10 will still get you well over $600.00 and a PSA 9 will cost you around $40

    For an 80s rookie that's not so bad.

    mathew
    baseball & hockey junkie

    drugs of choice
    NHL hall of fame rookies
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    It's #2

    I know the scanner plays a part, but #2 black lines are not solid.
    The Blue in the St. Louis logo is dot matrix as well as the O-Pee-Chee word.
    I didn't show the back of this card as I thought it would definitely give it away,
    but the back is suppose to be a light orange color. The back of the fake looks
    more reddish and has somehow bled through the front so the white border
    has a reddish haze.
  • OAKESY25OAKESY25 Posts: 4,726 ✭✭✭
    #1 appears to be a photo copied reprint.. as well (fyi)
  • Sean1125Sean1125 Posts: 3,479
    I don't know which of the first/second is fake, but I know the third is real.
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    #1 does look crappy especially the green area and weird picture.
    I took that off the bay and thought it might be the scanner. It's possible; I dunno.
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